The Sun. — London, England, 1810-08-15 00:00:00

•:,c medium merOy of the nooks ) and tnutir e v, , , , a!ing of the coin being ,:revented, one catiffof •(iepreciation is removed, A free, sight is also given to withdraw, melt, and export it ; and.thustbe other ' and grin,ipal'sOurce of the : occasional fall of the • va hie of the current med.annof paymeni, below that o f th e h o lho h which it is intended to represent, is' ako - effeeivally precluded - In this , matinee at Hamburgh, silver, is not only ivieastire of all . exSliargeable valise, but it is ren dered ad invariable ine.isure, except in so far as the rellitive value of silver -.itself varies, with thevarying • • s.nuly of that precious metal from the mines ln in& some manner the usage„.and at last the NW, which:Made gold coin she.usual and at last the only 1,-01 tender in large payments here, rendered that metal our measure of aloe:v • and fr'orn, the periOd of he reformation 'of the gold coin down to the sus- . petfiton of the B ink payments in ,specie in 1797, 08 coin was not a very variable -measure,of value; being, suhje& only to that variation in therelative %Atte of gold bullion which depends upon its•supply tram the rnities, , together wish that limited variation which, 'as above described, : might_ take- place be- , tween the market and the Mint price olgold coin. The highest amount - of the depression of the coin which can take place when the Bank pays in goy, ' has jtist been stated to be about s.c,per ceot..and accordingly it will be found, that in all the pesiods preceding 5797, the diderenee between what is called the Mint pricts and market price of gold never exceeded that limit. • -Since the suspension of cash payments in 1797, hoWever, it is certain,_ that even if gold is still our measure of value and standard of prices, ;Chas been exposed to a new cause of variation, from the pos ! sible excess of that paper which is not convertible into gold at will ; and the limit of this new variation is as indefinite as the excess to which that paper may be issued. It may indeed be doubted, whether, since the new system of Bank of Eirgland payments bas been fully established, Gold has in - truth con tinued to b.' our measure of value; and whether we r ail 'other standard - of prices than that circu lating med , um, Issuqd primarily by the Bank of Eng+and, and in a seormuery manner by the country - 11.11 ks, the variations of-which relative value-may boas Mo. lilac as the possible excess of that circulat ing Medium. Silt whether our present measure of val.se, and ,tandard of prices, be. this paper cur rericy thusvatiable in its' relative value, or continues Mill to ue gold, but gold rendered inure variable than dLi it was berote in consequence of .being interchange :able tor a paper currency which is' not at wilt con v_•rtible into gold, it in either case, most, desirable for the pnbllc that our circulating medium should -again be conformed, as speedily as circumstances u ill permit, to its. real ,aud legal standard, Gold < [To be continued.) • MALLS. Duit-1 Cadiz,• t Watirford.• PRICE l)i 1:0C1. S THIS DAY AT TW., LV O'CLOCK, COIISOIS - - • 64 4 i Omnium . 2 T E SU N. SaDES DICERS TALSUM:AUDEAT ? L 0 N 0 IV WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1810. Accounts have been received at the East India , House of the arrival of the following outward-bound ships at the Cape of Good Hope, viz. Ceylon, Astell, Sir Hugh Inglis, and Willianz Pitt. Weregret very much to see that many persons in Ireland are 'displaying considerable activity in endea vouring to obtain Petitions for a repeal of the Union. That many.of those who are thus eager for a repeal of this great measure are actuated by honest though mistaken views, we are willing to admit ; but that the mass of their supporters are persons who enter tain principles that are equally hostile to the true in terests of both Countries is a fact of which we hale . no doubt. There are unfortunately, both in Great B,itain and Ireland, many persons who eagerly seize every opportunity that presents itself of em barrassing the Government, at a moment when the pressure of public danger ought to cal l forth the exertions of every individual to se cure the general safety. We have seen many men, we regret to say,,who boast of their attachment to their country, yet- who have for years exerted all their faculties to depress the spirits and damp the energies of their Countrymen—who upon all occa sions decry the successes obtained by our Arms, while they are equally rea.ly to magnify those of the enemy—whose predictions are always of the most gloomy nature, who fasten with delight upon any tiring that has the appearance of a public calamity— in a word, men who, under the pretext and cloak of patriotism, are in effect, doing every thing in their power to serve the cause of our inveterate . enemy. The unfortunate Commercial Embarrass ments which have recently occurred, afforded too fa vourable an opportunity to be negleCied ; accord:ugly it has been studiously represented in Ireland, that those embarrassments hate arisen entirely from the Union, and that therefore that measure ought to be repealed, although it is one upon which, its the opinion of every rational and dispassionate man, not only the interests, but even the permanent safety of the two Countries depend. Nobody can feel more sincerely for the sufferings of those manu faelurers in Dublin and other parts of Ireland, who' are out of employment; than wedo , ; ' but sure!y - the:: way to relieve .those sutlerings is not to attribute them to 'a wrong cause, arid to endeavour' ii.rsi to aggraypte the .discontent ari,ing from temporary dis ttess, and then .to convert it to the service of some political 'of P . 4ity parpose. The extraordinary and unprecedented situation of .Europe; 'Owing to the capricious but relentless t.O - aunr- of the man who n 1-innately rules over the ' greater part ..t• - of it—t le violent; and in ' many instances suc cessful efforts' that he has made, to force , corn merce out of its natural cliainielsthe almost total annihilation ,of CommeNial Capital and Credit on the'Continent of Europe—the.hostile regulkions of the American Governmentand the eagerness of speCulatiOn, by which the markets of South Arne-. tic. were s'i : :Really dver-stoCked, surely afford grounds enough 76 account • fat the recent'Commer cial Embarrassments both in Great Britain and , Ire land, without recurring to the Union, a measure with which 'they.'„ca n , by nu ` possibility, have any connexion. It might as ,well have.been asserted by ! those persons in Scoftind, who , were partakers in the general distress in 1720, that their ntisfortune was occasioned. by .the Union between England and Scotland, ' which happened twelve years before. Or it !night as truly now be said, that the failures in the City of London, in 1810, were to be attributed to the Union between Great Britain. and Ireland in 1800. We trust, however, that thesood tense of the . ~ People of Ireland will see through the attemp.s that are made to deceive them, and that the unremillidg exertions of the Irish Government will be succes,ful in effectually relieving this temporary embarrass- ment. • - Last night we received Paris Papers to the 7th inst. from which we have extra(ted the .todowill article " PARIS, Atio. 6.—M. Daru, Intendant-General of bis Majesty's Household has set out for Hol land." "AMSTERDAM, JULY 3 .—A guard of honour is enrolling this moment in .Amsterdatn, where we hOpe soon to see his Majesty the. Emperor. Are-. sister for this purpose bas been opened at head quarters, and a nurnberlof young men have alreidy incribed their names. A meeting is to take place on Thuriday • for choosing the officers, and fixing the uniform that rs to be worn.".. " ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY 10.—.--Govrument has received, within these few days, numerous tro- phies taken from the Turks, such as stands. of .co lours, horses' tail, &c., ;Nothing, however,.official has been published since the taking of Silistria.— General Kamensky is - said to be advancing, and hopes are entertained that he will obtain a complete victory over the Grand Vizier.. " - We are assured that a commercial house in thiS city has advanced two millions towards the luau that is just opened. " The Grand-Duchess, Catharine Pawlowna, and her most serene hasband, are'daily expeded." " Tormaz, JULY 17.—HerMajesty the Empress is rather. indisposed since her return. Their Royal Highnesses the Princesa Antoine, of Saxony, and Princess Theresa, who accompanied .her to this place, have re►urued to Dresden." " VIENNA, JULY 25.—Ilieir Majesties the Em= peror 'of Austria and the Emperor of Russia have concluded .a treaty for the rest orat ioti' of deserters on each side. The relations of friendship,' says the Emperor of Austria, which fortunately subsist be tween us and his Majesty the Emperor of all the RUssias, and the disposition that exists on both sides to cultivate sentiments advantageous for both em pires,y have induced us, as well as his Majesty the Emperor of Russia,. to enter into a convention for delivering up descriers.' " The .Court Gazette still observes a 'profound si lence respecting the Russian • and Turkish armies, and the reports in circulation are not sufficiently au thentic to attach any credit to them. It is therefore advisable to wait for further information, to avoid the risk of being contradided. " Mr. Adair•has announced inz letter to Sir Francis Berry, the British Consul at Smyrna, that he is about to leave Constantinople. . Notwithstanding the care he takes to conceal it, the embirrassment of this Minister is evident. We ask out - Selves why he leaves Constantinople, at a moment when their faithfol ally, the Grand Turk, finds himself hard pushed by a Power that threatens to uveiturn the Ottoman empire ?" " BERNE, JULY 2.B.—We daily . expea the Royal Family of Sweden, as well as the GI and.lluchess Constantine of Russia, who is at present at the baths of '..chinztiacht." " Sr. SEBASTIAN, JULY 27. —The French brig, the Adventure, arrived this day at Port Passage from New-York. She brings the following news " Canada, continues in a Vale of effervescenee, which gives great unea,iness to the English. " The Havannah has declared itself independent. The French that were forced to quit it are recalled, and their property restored. _ . The Province of the Caraccas has also declared itstdt independent. " The Mulatto, Rigaud, had arrived at Port au Prince, where he took the conatuand of the Blacks." The following is an ex►raat of a letter from Bene carlo, :It which place, we understand, thivisit of the French was so short that they had no time even to levy contributions : " The French are at Morilla, within about eight leagues of this place ; but they are not in consider able force, it haying been found necessary for them to send a great number of troops to the westward of Castile, to increase their strength in, that diredion. " Notwithstanding the shameful treachery at Le rida, and the noble but unsuccessful defence of Me quinenza, the Catalans are more adive than ever to give eticaual resistanw to the enemy:: rvd aV Letter regarding military concerns in the South of Spain • -`` CADIZ JULY X13.--The French Army before US,as near as we .dan. calculate, min:tints. only to 1 . 5,000 men, ,having. been -diminished large drafts from tl.ern to increase the Army of A;assena, who is threatening•the English. with a great battle.. -Otner matters remain-nearly in the same situation as they were a..month ago,- . " We :hear that several -.cleserteri of distin&ion have arrived at Gibraltar from the French Army, among whom ate-said to be, two Captains and Lieutenant-ColoneL . , " General Lacy has notaltered his poSitiOn,-re 7 maining in the' mountains, near Sr. Rogue, nordoes he intend to.commence hostile operations• until he has organized a strong force. Five thousand 'mus kets have been sent him from hence by , way' of Gibraltar. • "The peasantry in Andalusia, taken' in the whole, may be co - nOderea excellent soldiers for the kind of warfare they have to carry on, but the. French,keep themselves 'in • close quarters. There are about 30,000 ofthem ready to annoy the enemy wherever he'makes his appearance." On Saturday and Monday the g t st - Highland. Re giment of Foot marched into Canterbury horn Ramsgate, and yesterday arrived at AA) lord Bar= racks. The Berkshire Regiment of Militia marched in two divisions on Monday and yesterdapfrOm Yar mouth to Norwich The Siirlinushire. Militia was ordered to occupy the Barrdcks at Ramsgate. • , . Captain CaawFouo's Company of the'Royal Ar iillery are on their route from Dover for Port's mouth, from whence-they are expected to embark for Portugal. Captain M ASS Y Y'S Company of Royal Artillery have arrived at Doerr to replace Capt. CRA W FORD'S Corupany Getlral HAY, who bas' for several years com manded at the Cavalry Depot; Maidstone, is to be relieve by C3iollel PRITZLER, who has been at the Adjutant •General'i_Ottice,at the head of the recruit- ; ing department. . • Some of recent accOunts - from Gibraltar stafe,; that the late brave defender of Gerona,. who,,afrer the capitulation of that place was taken prisoner to: Figueras, had, since his imprisonment, been inhu-. manly put tddeath by means of_slow poison, This horrid deed is'attributed to the Frenclimari who had him in keeping, and the preparing. of.hisr viauds. Ever since the war with Russia, BUONAPARTE'S finances, through the absolute misery of the pet;ple, 'have been daily impairing. Alartried.at the inci-eas ing.deficiency, he ordered that monthly acCo..lnts of the Treasury should be presented to him, but with out being able to find any means of remed3in . g it.— The first plunder of Spain, and that of Austria, which last brought 350,000,000 of livrei, or about fifteen millions sterling, into -his coffers, together with the produce of the Arnerican seizures, have afforded some - temporary resources, but tar from adequate to the expense of the ruinous war in Spain, to the maintenance of an enormous army,. and of e Government altogether the most expensive that ever oppressed a nation. From the total want of col - • merce, the whole of the taxes ultimately: fills on the landed property ; and we know as a certain fad, that the produce -of Custom-houses does not even pay the Officers, 'and that rrione3)..is sent from Paris" for that purpose, even to sea-ports which formerly rivalled the commerce of London andof Amsterdam. But how can landed property- bear long that accu mulated weight without even a market to dispose of the produce of agriculture ? The thing is in itself impossible. People will go on for some time mort gaging their property to exist, ,pay their taxes, and• cultivate their estates, as they have done in FranCe, but the continued pressure, added to the weight of accumulating interest, must soon deprive them .of every means ; and such is actually the case in that country. In many of the wine districts, vineyards, which require so Much culture, are totally aban doned. to nature': lauded property in .t hose countries has fallen four-fifths, or rather, it has no marketable value. The corn estates are somewhat better cir cumstanced L--the fall in their value has not been - so - great, at least in lands of superior quality ; yet in' most provinces., stich as Britanny and Poitou, there are three crops of corn on - the hands of the farmers, - who are compelled to sell at any price to pay their rents and taxes, without any probable hopes of be ing able to do it much longer. • Hence the facilities which BUONAPARTB gave to the importation of corn into this country. In such circumstances it behoves Great Britain not to meet with too great eagerness the propositions of the enemy, , nor to abandon hastily the just measures of retaliation' she has adopted, and by which. 'all the evil he intend to bring on this country, has recoiled with double force on himself. It is said that General SARRAZIN has put into the hands of Government very circumsontial observa tions on the whole of the frontiers, and the coast, from the Scheldt to Trieste; the organization and position of the armies; the state of the tortresses, C. &c. The war in the dramatic world seems to be carry ing on with great vigour. Bonztastes Fariosd ,at the Haymarket, is strongly opposed by Jack the -Giant • killer, at the Lyceum, and they have both a numer ous troop of followers. It is somewhat whimsical that the last Bankrupt list contains the naine of Lavender, a gardener. .PoPE is engaged to perform a tew nights at ,outh arupton, where he was very well receive(l h.t. sea son. It is probable that he will exert his graphic as well as his theadical pow . ers with ghat success dur ing the excursion. The immense quantity of 3766 waggon-loads of coal were shipped from the Earl of Lousdale'E pits . at Whitehaven in one week. Viscount DUDLEY and WARD has been seriously indisposed, at his house in Park-lane. Dr. lintwa, Messrs. CLINE, WILSON, and BRADLEY have attend ed his Lordship in consultation daily. Mr. BRADLEY hag been in cons►ant attendance night and day; but we are happy to add that his Lordship is completely recovered, and on the eve of setting - off for his Country seat by the sea side. LONDON GZZZarE, Aag Bich • Admiralty-Office, . August 14, 1 8 10. . Adirtiral Sir 'Charles Cotton tuts transmitted John Wilson Croker, Esq. a Letter he .had received from .CapL,in Maxwell, of his Majesty's-ship-A fr , ceste, giving an account of the capture of I wo." s# sels in.Xhe Bay of IVErtitio, in the Island of Corsica, on 'the* 21st of June, by the boiits of the above sir'? affd Topaze, under-the direelions of Lit‘utenauts An' drew . Wilson of t h e f ormer , An d Charles Hamorld, Of the latter; a three gun battery s wlii•eli pi-oret t the entrance of th e B a y was carr i e d b y a d etac h fi ler' of Seamen 'and Marines, and the guns I-elide:ea serviceable. The-enetny had several men killed ao`: wounded ; on the side of the 'English one man'y' i killed and two wounded. • . . Aduzirqlly-Qffice, Aug. 14, 1810. Admiral Sir: Charles" Cotton lia transmitted tv John Wilson Proker, 'Esq. a • Letter train Worinefey, of his Alajesty's`skop Minorca, givi t4 . an account of his ha t ing, on the 4th of June, Or ( tared". the : Pear, • Frenchfeltp:ca pribatea, .one Icing gun and two 'swivels, with ' irirty-nine menl 'out thirty-tive• dais' from Genoa; - ' without havico, taken any pi: • Arid aisc; a Leitet from Cap!. Pringle, of the SP° l. i: rowhawk, statin g th e ca pt ure on t h e 19th o fJ o ne9A j L'ltitrepide privateer, o f M arsei lles, of six Suns i' l 9 -4 ,'.F forty-seven -cam__ _ _ - `• ,I•xv 11 1.5 PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 14 .-- Arrived yester,.., Majesty's shit) !Leman fromi a'er,uize. Can - I - Qin this 4,the './ibutidance store-ship fo ill the Cape,,of .Qood Hope; and Majesty's 5bl P. Defiance from Plymouth. Sailed .his. Majesty's ship Tyrian for' the Do"o s . i and the. Betsey, . AIELviN, fur Sunderland. Dropt down to Saint Helen's hii Majesty's shP s Hope, Diadem, aud.Regulus,_ Came into harbOur ..the Breganze,. COLE, (NIL.' Lisbon to this I'4; t, raden with sheep. • . . DEAL, AVG. , -14.--,Arrived anii . ,s'aileci for the Riv er thei.Caggign,Tsi t - ,- 44 days from Jamaica; Diike Of Portland, SPENCER; from the South Seas, a' jj brings an a;:count.of the Mary, SimmoNs,'foand o . - log di New Zealartd. PGaLE, AUG. 4.--'T'his morning, a b out ort eo cloc a plea.TUre-boat belengtn . to Mc. W. CARTI;R 9; . P taken from her moorings; also 6 put side the qua Y .-- -1 7 —vb siTa`ni - FiTv foTel gnats,- . flow - ir rr , gined to'be Frencbmetr, came to thetendon,laveto yestelclit3iTtid- are suppo4ed . ,.to, be the run3w 3ls ' Thew settled. their in the cr erenin and - wen' tto t eft their bed 7 -r . ,00t4,,.au1, yt is supposed, shortly after the house. 'lt i 4 thought rather extraordinary tii they.shouid have foundtheir ‘i , ay down the 131bottr: The boat is open, and frcim five to tix tons burth 6 it has bloWn • very ba r d 4 i t ice they sailed, 3 he,tvy sea•yr the Channel; - and it is considered that tll9 , must have.been exposed to mulct) refit tempting to, reach the French coast. The brig Pfirord, THOMAS . , master, drove on shore, on on Monday morning, o n P or tl a nd ~ ...ach—crew a n d materials saved. The hull, will be a total loss. ' Accounts have - been teceived . from Halifax, ‘ 47-blch I , se confirm the intelligence of the ca pt ure o f a c.: - ; 1) ; from the Isle of France by the Me/au/pus, br °u l ' , o o by an American ship arrived at Lit erpool prize is a line French bri g of 416 tons , hele o g l . o to SURCOUF, the French c o mm an d er i n t he I °` /I n 'y seas. The Driver sloop of war was in color be - when the capture was made, which proves t° lule . very valuable, as appe,ars by the following sch et it o, of her cargo ; about 100,00011)s. sugar ; 134, 0 ' i - cotlee ; 5,0001b5. indio - o; 106 bales c° 11 4,,., 10,9751b5. pepper ; 5 bales iortoise-shell ; B, 2gf ', l J ebony; '2,ooolbs. tut anag ; 6,2241b5. from 3 to 4,000 dollars she had taken out ° f S prize. TOULON FLEET.—Extraa of a Utter froro.oo Officer on beard one of his Majesty's ships crUji l ea off Tooliin, dated Julfg, 16 10.—" Six or 0 0 sail of the enemy's line come out every day, ° i l i a soon as our in-shore squadr on g i ve t h em chaee I immediately run in ag a in.—S even sa il w ere 0u t ,,,., t( ) day ; our signal was made for a general chase , ap had the. wind continued foul for their return, 1° , 1. 4 hour and a half, we should ha ve b een a ble to utiree‘ them to adieu. I subjoin a list of the Frencil ill in Toulon, which I believe to be correct; .V" s oie excuse me from naming the means by which obtained it. Ships Naives. Guns. 11/1:!n. c omma nders• o ds AtL,terlitz. . . izo .rzno Vice-Admiral A1 1° ,1, 1 Magisteux . . zo . tzz u kea;-admiral BoW:pcl6 Coninierce de Paris 12.0 . 12-.0 Rear-AdiniralCoN' , "-- flanibel • • 74 . 700 Cai)t,:in Marti Genoese • • 74 . 70 0 Danuoc: 771 . 700 7 Alleman de . , er t • Sulliciu• • ,4 . 7a , ) Borea . • 74 . 7 .,0 'Linos. Magri:mime . . 74 . 7co Vito . , 74, . 7:0 Ajax . • 74 . 700 Petit '.'en;lope . . •44 . Duii bor Polnolie ' Roianius ;'4l.iin 3 • • 44 . l‘lorittort Aineii:t • 44 • N a val - a Inconipetitie 44 111,irtin A (lei r. 3 • • 44 . unknoalcegiio Proserpine 30 formerly Hornet , unknoiva Victorious . . 20 . A large Store ship of 3. , Hanle r oirio , "Besides the above, .there are in the iutldf hour the fol.lowing:— Nantes. Guns. Men, The ` DonavertSoo „ e lied • agram - - - szo -•- just JAI" - Sceptre - -8, Lion - 74 c se; 9 " Mucovite; Russian corvette, and several smaller v-S • "Admiral Gantheatime, who was Coal 114 in Chief, is gono to Paris." ?e ll i %i nt Corn